BodyDaemon is a bio-responsive Internet server created by Carlos Castellanos. Readings taken from a participant's physical states, as measured by custom biofeedback sensors, are used to power and configure a fully-functional Internet server. The data collected by the wearable sensors is sent out to client applications which can visualize or sonify the data in unlimited ways. Carlos invites people to come to his exhibit in the South Hall and strap themselves in to the sensors and have their own biorhythms visualized and sonified.

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George Legrady gave a talk today on his piece Making Visible the Invisible, which was created in 2004 for the main branch of the Seattle City Library. The project is a visualization of book traffic through the library, keeping tabs on what books are being checked in/out, the time they are checked in/out, the duey decimal number they are catalogged under, and keywords.

The display is shown on 6 LCD panels positioned above a librarians desk, and the method of visualization changes intermittently to reveal different aspects.

Here is some video of legrady's video documentation of his project.

There was a reception for the On Translation: Social Networks piece created by Antoni Muntadas and a group of CADRE students.

After the reception at the convention center, there was a private dinner party at the Montalvo Arts Center celebrating the completion of the project. I was able to meet and have a nice conversation with Peter Dagostino and George Legrady.